praying mantis feeding

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praying mantis feeding

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actualy saw the b'fly come in for the landing from a few meters away, went over to sho it away and noticed 1 of my little buddies beat me 2 it!!

devoured it in about 5 mins, left only the wings.
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:gday: micka
if i see praying mantis on my tree's i leave them aswell they help remove the aphids and all other little bugs :cool:
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Great photograph. Good old mother nature at work.
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